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[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Senax:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flashing_Guide_-_Android

In my opinion that is possible with every phone which is not CARRiER-UNLOCKED (CDMA) or SiM-UNLOCKED (GSM) :D

I'll explain..,

CDMA and GSM phones are based on different technologies	CDMA and GSM phones are based on different technologies! In my opinion there's no phone with both technologies on the market today. I could be wrong here though.

CDMA - Code-Division Multiple Access

GSM - Global System for Mobile communications

Bad timing may have prevented the evolution of one, single global wireless standard. Just two years before CDMA's 1995 introduction in Hong Kong, European carriers and manufacturers chose to support the first available digital technology - Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). GSM uses TDMA as its core technology. Therefore, since the majority of wireless users are in Europe and Asia, GSM has taken the worldwide lead as the technology of choice.

Advantages of CDMA include:

Increased cellular communications security.

Simultaneous conversations.

Increased efficiency, meaning that the carrier can serve more subscribers.

Smaller phones.

Low power requirements and little cell-to-cell coordination needed by operators.

Extended reach - beneficial to rural users situated far from cells.

Disadvantages of CDMA include:

Due to its proprietary nature, all of CDMA's flaws are not known to the engineering community.

CDMA is relatively new, and the network is not as mature as GSM.

CDMA cannot offer international roaming, a large GSM advantage.

Advantages of GSM:

GSM is already used worldwide with over 450 million subscribers.

International roaming permits subscribers to use one phone throughout Western Europe. CDMA will work in Asia, but not France, Germany, the U.K. and other popular European destinations.

GSM is mature, having started in the mid-80s. This maturity means a more stable network with robust features. CDMA is still building its network.

GSM's maturity means engineers cut their teeth on the technology, creating an unconscious preference.

The availability of Subscriber Identity Modules, which are smart cards that provide secure data encryption give GSM m-commerce advantages.

Disadvantages of GSM:

Lack of access to burgeoning American market.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowboard:
no problem at all, go ahead.

phones very rarely brick
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shidima_101:
Tho it hardly ever happens, flashing a Rom can always brick the device. So always be carefully when flashing. Make sure your power supply is connected and that you read the guide your using carefully.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kent_Davis:
whew! impressive!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Thanks for the info. BTW, is the ability to have both access to the data and voice at the same time a GSM thing, or just an AT&T thing? I'm guessing GSM since I believe that I read that it's a disadvantage of any CDMA network, not being able to access both at the same time.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
This is something I been working on for the better part of the day. I can use some testers and some fresh eyes from someone thats familiar with smali.

What this mod does is add a am/pm toggle switch in settings apk. This allows you to remove am/pm as you please. This mod consist of services.jar and settings.apk. This was orginaly created for the vibrant from s0niqu3 and his thread can be found here

On my phone the toggle is there in settings/date and time but it dosnt change the status bar like its suppose to. Someone else tested for me and the get a UID mismatch and settings disappear. If you dont know what your doing or how to fix something when it breaks please dont bother flashing this.

Your flashing this at your own risk so dont hold me responsible. Please report back any findings so i can get this to work. The source can be found on s0niqu's thread.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ragnarokx:
Very nice. Once you get this 100% I wouldn't be surprised if you did something like Cyanogen's battery meter percent toggle ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
I thought about doing that but then themers won't be able to use there icons without breaking something
[Epic 4G Android Development] XtaC318:
Could always just keep it as a separate flashable for those who want to use it ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] styckx:
Can you also add a toggle to just disable the clock entirely? Most of us have clock widgets, sort of redundant to also have it in the notification bar.
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
On thing at a time I still need to finish this. But yes that can be a future possibility
[Epic 4G Android Development] TheDub:
Nice Mystery!

I wish you the best of luck with this.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styckx:
That's all I was asking. In the sense of "could it be done?"

I'm not a gimmie pig. :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] ragnarokx:
True - but there was a working Gingerbread theme for DK28-based CyanogenMod. Not sure how that was done though.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Top Nurse:
I have no use for this mod as I use 2400 format, but subscribed anyway as I have friends who are still stuck on that backwards time formatting. ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
I'm sure the battery images didn't have percent in them. My battery mod would look with this mod
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
Good to know. This is just a start of things I'm doing
[Epic 4G Android Development] TheDub:
Scratch that previous comment... waaay more complicated after looking at the differences in source.. will be quite the project.

It could be almost directly ported I think... my biggest question is do the .line ### differences between the Smali because of the Mod or because they are sourced from different phones..?

I'm reviewing DateTimeSettings.smali right now..
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
The problem is I already got all the changes in there. I just need to figure out why the tiggle don't work. I may have missed typed something and now need to find it
[Epic 4G Android Development] TheDub:
Did you change all the ".line ###" to match? I don't understand the function of the .line commands yet.
[Epic 4G Android Development] TheDub:
The settings.apk changes seem simple in comparison to StatusBarPolicy.smali...

If I had to guess the error is in there somewhere, I don't suppose logcat or anything dumps any useful info?
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
I'm gonna have to send you my files. logcat gets me nothing. When you read the source from the vibrant those lines don't get changes.
[Epic 4G Android Development] ptfdmedic:
While I just typically hide the whole notification bar, I wanted to say great work on this mod. I know it bugs alot of people. Honestly, android should include a toggle for the entire clock by default.

All this xml work really makes me miss the window mobile registry... Much simpler days..... Keep up the great work..
[Epic 4G Android Development] amosher13:
mystery bro, this is sick. i'll be looking into it as well hopefully today, would rock to get this working!
[Epic 4G Android Development] ecooce:
Are you going to make one for no time also,I cant do anything with smali...
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
I'm gonna attach my files later today with the source from the vibrant. you can compare my edits to the source and to stock. I'm so knee deep in this I can't see my mistakes
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
If I can get this I'll look into doing one for the clock itself but my smali ain't the greatest. I can follow source and a guide and make the changes need be but I can't code anything from scratch
[Epic 4G Android Development] dnathan13:
There was a post in the apps and themes area for removing the clock completely without the toggle so it may be a good place to start. I think the edify .zip is on medic's site if you want to check there. I will try to find it a post a link/links.

Link to medics site it is called noclock-dk28: http://lostandtired.com/android-development

Original thread for noclock: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=872224&highlight=clock
[Epic 4G Android Development] MysteryEmotionz:
I know this but the code for toogle and no clock is different
[Epic 4G Android Development] dnathan13:
Shows you what I know about coding. Ill let you get back to doing your thing. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kvnly2:
I had to hardreset my phone which was running TyphooN CyanogenMod 7. Well after I did the usual set up and link account with gmail and all that initial set up stuff, I went back to the market to download my apps. The apps show up there and when I chose to download them they do. It says it downloaded and install but when I go to my menu, the installed program is not there. This is only happening with the apps that I have install before. New or different apps will show but previously download apps wont.

How do i fix this?:confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SpiderVenom:
They might have been previously installed onto your sd card so you can't see them in your menu but they register as installed. Check to see where they're installed using a file manager if they are on your sd just moved them to your phone and it'll show as it would normally.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kvnly2:
I thought that too but then the apps that were installed onto the phone should have been erased then able to reinstall right? well the one app that i remember that HAD to be installed onto the phone was angry birds.

I am still not able to install them even with a formatted phone and sd card :(
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
As seen on big sites and Google forums. This may become so BIG! that Google just might be hitting us unhappy people with a Ota/app.apk/link to update soon because of the change of colors on the Nexus S....Here is the link...oooh, yeah.

http://www.androidcentral.com/nexus-s-233-update-bringing-unwanted-screen-issues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmBhS53svPY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5IIxMlRdnQ&annotation_id=annotation_916247&feature=iv

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=26fa0683976754c4&hl=en
[Nexus S General] blackerwater:
Looks okay to me. But it would be awesome if we could adjust it our selves.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] lazyn00b:
Totally disagree...

The 2.3.3 color settings are a massive improvement!

The real problem is that Samsung never addressed this issue with their SAMOLED phones to begin with. Now they've trained their customers to expect these garish contrast and color imbalances.

If you read through those threads you linked, you'll see that there are plenty of people that like the new color rendering.

Maybe Google should make the display settings user-adjustable like a TV.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Jalyn02, stop posting in the development section unless you are posting a [ROM], a [Kernel], a [Guide] or a [Reference]. This thread is none of those and does not belong here. Follow the XDA rules.
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
Sorry XDA MOD'S I'M a little new to the threads

can you delete this thread I'll have to move it to general...Sorry
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
Why is it that you want to be a mod so bad? let them speak on there own...BTW! I just said THAT!
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Its been reported and a mod will move it but in the future I would suggest you read the rules of the forums. This should have been posted on one of the many threads already discussing the color 'issue'.

Now, on topic:

To anyone who thinks there really is an issue here is what I want to see: Get a sheet of blank white printer paper. Navigate your phone to Google.com and hold the sheet of paper over the google logo so you see only the white paper and the white background of the page. Tell me how different the two colors look and take a picture. Post them. I'd bet they are pretty damn close because I know the colors on my Nexus S and my wife's after I updated both to stock 2.3.3 were very natural looking. What most people call bright on the other SGS devices is actually just very blue which the human eye reads as very bright white. Its not. I

Here is another fun test:

Navigate to this image on your phone: Picture on 2.3.3 and see how much detail you can see. Now revert back to 2.3.2 (just flash any current ROM) and do the same test. Guess what? You won't see near as much detail. What you think is deep blacks actually should be nuanced greys but because of the overly blue saturation it appears to be black.

One final fun test: If you have photoshop open a new file and make it blue. Now invert the color. Guess what color comes up? Yellow! The same supposed new tint of the screen.
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
@kenvan19, people like you are the reason why people leave XDA. Please let XDA do there job's I rather here the bad news from xda whenI make a mistake then you or any other average JOE.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
If I make people who clutter the development section with useless posts that are redundant and irrelevant then I'm happy about that. Also, mods know that they can't read every new thread posted so they do ask that people help enforce the rules, I did that politely. You took it personally and decided to attack me.
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
I'm not a troll or do I flame the threads. I am a real person that love XDA and, would never troll there site. I was excited and really wanted to get the good news to the people who don't like the new color on there Nexus S. I spoke to Ry Guy over @ Google forums and, I do see that there are two sides to the story. one side said that they had a problem from the beginning, now the other side; witch is my side and many of others don't think that it should have been change. You would be a lie if you are saying that more people like this, then the one's that don't. If you read the link over a Google forums that I posted, you would see that more people don't like the change of the color then that do.
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
@kenvan19, I'm sorry if you think that I attacked you, I really am. I did not mean to post that here. I think that if I post it in the right section then, more people would have got what I call good new's then here...
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
I'm not calling you a troll nor do I know how many people like it as opposed to how many don't. What I can tell you is which side is wrong about it being factually "wrong". What I mean by that is claiming the yellow tint is a bug or something of the sort is false. I can see the difference between the two screens; I held my wife's 2.3.2 phone next to my 2.3.3 and I saw the difference but I also know that what people are calling overly yellowish is actually just more natural. Now, if people dislike that they are more than welcome to try and change it for themselves but I would rather have an accurate display on my phone that shows minute details than having one that looks a bit brighter while not actually being brighter.
[Nexus S General] mcosmi:
Dude...Here, Hear...there, their, ...learn how to spell you illiterati.
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
@kenvan19, O'k but, do you think that Google should have put a app.apk in the update for us to adjust the screen i'll selves to even things out? I think it was a bold move on Google. Something like what T-Mobile did with the Vibrant, when they put the Task Manager in a update to save on the battery.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Honestly, and I know this will sound ignorant, I don't think they should've. I think they made the right choice and that there are plenty of apps on the market that can alter the color temperature not to mention the voodoo kernel which most people are reporting makes everything look "normal" again.
[Nexus S General] xmRipper:
I don't really understand why people unhappy with it. I was going to sale my Nexus S because of this purple tint issue, and then Voodoo color patch released for Nexus S. It also fixed the purple tint on dark greys. And now Google released an update that fixes those purple tint at all.

Now it looks like how it should be.

White is white, grey is grey, black is black. Nothing washed out.

I <3 my Nexus S now =)
[Nexus S General] j0hnZ:
They were trying to fix the gray's which they did, but they did it wrong. Thankfully, there's Netarchy's kernel working with voodoo color and it looks awesome.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Actually, you're wrong. They did it perfectly. If you read any of the posts by myself or the others who have actually done real color calibrations then you would know that. Its just that the blind masses tend to like bright, shiny stuff better than things that look, you know, real.
[Nexus S General] shrivelfig:
And this post is why you've been added to my ignore list. :mad:
[Nexus S General] Nutsonfire:
Got the phone yesterday, it had 2.3.2, upgraded to 2.3.3 and I think that the colors look washed out and yellowish.

I'm not saying it isn't right in a colorimetrical way, but I loved the 2.3.2 colors a lot more.

I hope they do something about this in the next update.
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
Wow!...you must be the baby mother? and, oh nooooo! I'm on this guy's ignore list, What do I doooooo!:eek:
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
Me to man, Me to.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Supercurio is working on a fix.
[Nexus S General] theimpaler747:
Moved to general
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
Great! thanks for the update...yes.
[Nexus S General] Bmerz:
While I personally haven't updated to 2.3.3 yet, I have been following the pros and cons posted by people in various threads and sites about the latest update. With the main con/and or complaint being about the recent color changes made by Google.

Honestly, I don't think it's a matter of "right" or "wrong" here, as much as it's a matter of that old saying; "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". What looks right or wrong to one person, may not look that way to another person.

After viewing the various screens shots taken by Engadget comparing a side-by-side of 2.3.2 and 2.3.3, I personally am looking forward to getting the OTA now.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/27/nexus-s-2-3-3-update-adjusts-screens-color-temperature-we-go-e/

But just because many of us think that the colors look better after the update, doesn't mean that everyone will agree. That being said, I think Google needs to either offer those who don't like the new color update, an option to DL a file to revert back to the old color scheme, OR add in the phone's settings an option to adjust the colors to your liking - allowing the default setting being that of Google's current change. Just my 2¢ worth. :)
[Nexus S General] supercurio:
Sorry to contradict Bmerz

There is a matter of right and wrong in colors.

The measurement unit for it is called Delta E.

However, color temperature is a matter of taste and also dependent of the ambient light !

When speaking about color accuracy, there is almost nothing subjective about it. However color effects or artistic choices are purely subjective of course ;)
[Nexus S General] Bmerz:
Not taken as a contradiction at all, because I agree with you! :) It's perhaps my fault for not being more clear in what I was trying to say. But you summed it up pretty good, so I'll leave it at that. :D
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
Now I want to know where is the color temp setting is and I will work on it myself after the phone rooted.

I examined the "full version" update file and I found no clue where the color change is.
[Nexus S General] supercurio:
Lol sorry I must be in fight mode at the moment ^^ bit too rude.

But still fighting and .. publishing the first color development kernel for Nexus S ! Yeah !

details here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11695182#post11695182
[Nexus S General] supercurio:
You will find developer / curious people answers in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=971987
[Nexus S General] amir80:
Is it possible that the change is looking differently on some devices?

I think mine looks too Green/Yellow
[Nexus S General] Bmerz:
Sorry, I didn't mean to come across rude - in fact I was agreeing with you. :)
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
Thanks Google for ruining IQ

colors are dull and TBH looks like my old nexus one.

defeats the whole purpose of having a SAMOLED screen

My samsung Vibrant was much better white levels were good and NS were very good now its **** IMO this is another way of google sacrificing for better battery

reverting back to nightly too bad cuz it seems they fixed GPU performance and compass
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
Mine also has "degraded contrast" issue.

If you install winamp and put the widget on NS and other Android phones and you'll know what I am talking about.

This widget is supposed to be dark gray but it shows light gray on NS, and white background (open google.com) looks too "soft" under daylight. The color looks faded when playing videos from slingplayer.

I am unhappy with this color scheme and now I want to get rid of it and use MyTouch 4 ultimately.
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
just an update ran modern combat 2 just to see how performance was and colors look awful

this color temp change is especially noticeable in gaming and movies

reminds me of my 100,000:1 contrast LCD on PC when calibration was way off

to bad we cant mess with these type's of stetting from the OS on the fly

edit

also anyone test outdoors to see if this change effects outdoor visibility?
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
I can tell the visibility is greatly reduced outdoors after the update (I use auto brightness).
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
Thats what i figured. I cant test its snowing out and i reverted back to nightly rom

But the whole point of the SAMOLED was the higher contrast ratio over the standard AMOLED to help with direct sunlight plus make colors more vibrant.

Seriously Google must have a bunch of monkeys working on the updates
[Nexus S General] TareX:
So what you're saying is that to get the most realistic outcome, I need to update to 2.3.3 then use voodoo's kernel? Or did Google fix the issue after 2.3.3 that I don't need anything now?

I don't want washed out colors... it's why I am going for a Super AMOLED phone.
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
Until the color problem "fixed", I have to stop using NS and use MyTouch 4 for the time being.

The degraded contrast is totally unacceptable for me.
[Nexus S General] Nexus-S:
Whilst I personally prefer the new colour temperature settings from an accuracy point of view one thing that cannot be correct in this update is the colour of the battery indicator as it nears depletion - it now turns a horrible yellow colour as opposed to amber.
[Nexus S General] Nexus-S:
I'll try to get a picture up although it could be some time as my battery is currently fully charged but I would tend to agree that this is an error in the framework.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Well I demand you instantly kill your battery NOW! lol jk just take your time man, I'll try and run my battery down and get a picture as well.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Has anyone else noticed the issue with the color of the battery being different at low levels?
[Nexus S General] the_scotsman:
Have cleaned this thread of all immature name calling, trolling and flaming. One user has been infracted...please keep it on topic from now on.
[Nexus S General] terra_droid:
Until this color temp has all been sorted out, I am content to stay at 2.3.2.
[Nexus S General] jalyn02:
But, if you stay with 2.3.2 you are going to suffer do to the rebooting issue.
[Nexus S General] mingkee:
Mine didn't have such issue even back to Day 1.

I deeply regret to apply this update.

As radio image can be flashed alone, I actually never need to up to 2.3.3.

I am considering to sell the phone if Google doesn't release a color patch for "no purple" model in 4 weeks.
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
So sell it? I wouldn't expect Google to patch it. I never had the purple tint issue and yet I feel this is now the best phone display I've ever had.